A DECLINE IN THE INMATE POPULATION AT THE METRO DETENTION CENTER COULD LEAD TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SAVINGS. THAT FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON WHO SAYS, WITH 11-HUNDRED FEWER INMATES THAN THREE YEARS AGO, THERE’S NOT A NEED FOR AS MANY JAIL GUARDS. AND HE SAYS THE NUMBERS CAN BE REDUCED WITHOUT FIRING ANYONE.
THE JAIL POPULATION HAS FALLEN TO THE POINT WHERE, THIS WEEK, THE COUNTY CLOSED A 64-BED POD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE M-D-C’S 12 YEAR HISTORY.
